Abstract

FUENTES DE LA ROSA, Yazuina et al. Social impact of rehabilitation rooms in Pinar del Rio municipality. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.5, pp.44-55. ISSN 1561-3194.

Introduction: rehabilitation is aimed at providing the recovery and reinsertion of people suffering from physical-motor disabilities. Objective: to determine the social impact of the rehabilitation rooms in Pinar del Rio municipality during 2009-2011. Material and Method: an observational, descriptive, cross sectional and applied research was conducted. To process the information and to perform the univariable and bivariable statistical analysis a database was designed using a database on Access program and SPSS14.0^® statistical package. Results: the number of cases treated increased gradually regarding the years of services up to a total of 44408 (100%), where "Hermanos Cruz" outpatient clinic stood out per health areas (34%). The most frequent disease treated was arthropaty (47,7%), and kinesiotherapy (28,9%) respectively; 73,5% started physical-rehabilitation before 3 days and 94% less than 45 minutes of stay. The average stay of treatment in the room was 15-21 days (46%). The quality of services perceived by the patients and the resolution rate were superior in 90% of the cases. Reinsertion of patients to working activities reached 66,7%. The unitary cost initially decreased up to 1,13 to increase later up to 1,30. Satisfaction degree achieved 94%. Conclusions: the social impact of rehabilitation rooms concerning the quality of health care for these kinds of patients was accomplished.

Keywords : Disabled persons; Rehabilitation [methods].

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